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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Benji give to Joe?

2. When Joe first sees Beck, he likens her to which actress?

3. Where does Joe make plans to meet Benji?

4. What color is the cap that Joe takes?

5. Following the night at the bar, what does Joe keep?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beck become angry in the subway station?

2. What enables Joe to monitor Beck's communications with others?

3. How do Joe and Peach get along when they first meet? What does Joe discover inside Peach's house?

4. On what surprising topic does Joe quiz Benji? What are the results?

5. How does Joe get inside Beck's apartment and what does he do there?

6. What does Benji give Joe? What does he tell him about this item?

7. Why did Mr. Mooney punish Joe? How did he punish him?

8. What happened while Joe was being punished by Mr. Mooney?

9. What does Joe learn about Benji?

10. How does the trip to IKEA help Joe's relationship with Beck?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point in the novel, Joe notes: “Work in a bookstore and learn that most people in this world feel guilty about being who they are.” Explain how his idea is illustrated by the characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Candace, Karen Minty, and Amy Adam. What does his interactions with each tell us about Joe?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how the novel’s settings influence both the character of Joe and the novel’s plot.

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